Travis Smola is a Staff Writer with Field & Stream. He spent eight years writing about all things outdoors with Wide Open Spaces before looking for a new challenge with Field & Stream in 2023.

Keith McCafferty has been writing for F&S for 42 years, with many hundreds of articles under his byline. He has been the Health and Safety columnist, the Outdoor Skills columnist, and the ...

If your fall plans involve a campsite—whether you’re backpacking to the middle of the backcountry woods or staking out a spot at the local campground—it’s a great time to think about ...

No matter if your species of choice is bass, trout, crappie, or even catfish, Amazon's October Prime Day is stocked to the gills (get it?) with fishing deals. You can score discounts of up to 40 ...

Sage Marshall joined Field & Stream as an editorial intern in 2018, when he worked at the publication’s former office in Manhattan. His desk-mate was a mounted warthog. After graduating from ...

T. Edward Nickens has covered sporting, conservation, and outdoors culture topics for more than 35 years. His work has appeared in Field & Stream for more than two decades, and includes features ...

Ryan Chelius started freelance writing during college and landed a summer job as an editorial intern with Field & Stream in 2019. After graduation, he returned to freelancing for various outdoor ...

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Will Brantley sold his first story (about catfish noodling) to Field & Stream in 2006, and has been the brand’s hunting editor since 2015. He was even an F&S gainful employee for a few years ...

Colin Kearns is the Editor-in-Chief of Field & Stream. His media career began in 2004, when he landed the summer gig of a lifetime, as an editorial intern for Field & Stream. After college, he ...

Whether for hunting, camping, survival, or even everyday carry, a good knife (or two or 20) is a must-have. Fortunately, Amazon's October Prime Day has a ton of discounts on some of our favorite ...

Phil Bourjaily sold his very first outdoor story—a feature about snipe hunting—to Field & Stream in 1987. He became the brand’s Midwest regional editor in 1995, and the shotgun columnist ...